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. . . . . . . . Alcohol's Neolithic Origins Brewing Up a Civilization By Frank Thadeusz 12/24/2009 Did our Neolithic ancestors turn to agriculture so that they could be sure of a tipple? US Archaeologist Patrick McGovern thinks so. The expert on identifying traces of alcohol in prehistoric sites reckons the thirst for a brew was enough of an incentive to start growing crops. It turns out the fall of man probably didn't begin with an...

Quote: Originally Posted by papsrus Again, he was quite specific about this during his campaign. To accuse him now of breaking some promise regarding Afghanistan is either insincere or uninformed. And if he "promised" a single-payer system, I'm unaware of it. My comment about Afghanistan, single payer, and the bailout was part of my response to yours about people being stockholders, about what the people want(ed), not...

Quote: Originally Posted by engelbach Obama wasn't elected by "progressives," but by people across the board who liked his promises. Weston is calling the guy for not doing his job. When someone cheats you, you don't lie down and take it "like a man"; you punch him in the nose or sue him. (...) Until the Democrats caved in, a majority of the people were in favor of single payer health care,...

I'll tell you something else. That Lindsey Graham motherfucker is a right prat, stupid cracker. I grew up in the south and I've seen these effeminate chubby white racists going about quoting the bible with fried chicken gravy dripping down their faces. Okay.

jonesy: Actually, my statement is not wrong, as you state, as you go ahead and prove. Knee-jerk reaction on my part, or on your own because you feel a need to prove a point? Were, or were not, children getting killed in Iraq before any sanctions of any kind, under the last regime - and because of acts of the last regime? A simple question. Do children die in every civilized country in the world, every day, from preventable conditions (be they...

"I try to avoid hyperbole, but I think Obama is possibly the most dangerous and destructive president we have ever had."—Nat Hentoff Nat Hentoff has had a life well spent, one chock full of controversy fueled by his passion for the protection of civil liberties and human rights. Hentoff is known as a civil libertarian, free speech activist, anti-death penalty advocate, pro-lifer and not uncommon critic of the ideological...

Quote: Originally Posted by Vaughan Richard Thomson? Please compare Teen Spirit with Vincent Black Lightning and report back. See? I told you we had more common ground than not... Quote: Originally Posted by Vaughan Tom Verlaine - now he's underrated. And again...

Quote: Originally Posted by Egbert Souse Thanks for asking. I did announce about 2 years ago on this very website that, given the outrageous state of politics at the time, i finally felt it necessary to vote for the first time in my near-60 years so it feels like a good time for an update. First, the voting thing is out. I won't even go into the chaos getting called for jury duty caused. (Anybody know what the statute of limitations is...

With all due respect, if Bush was labeled a war criminal by the left during his reign of terror...............how can Obama not be labeled the same to a certain degree? The drones are flying on the Afghan/Pakistani border as we speak wreaking havoc and killing innocent people. I don't care how good technology is, you can't just target the "bad guys" with 100% accuracy. The Bush rhetoric is alive and well too with...

Quote: Originally Posted by pele_trane I have never heard of this Michelle M. person until now, but boy, that panel is NOT cool. Does the author of that comic think that is funny? Maybe a slanty-eyed person went pee pee in his coat once too often as a kid, I suppose. Having wiki'd her, I find out that she is actually Filipino-American, not Chinese. Err, no matter, maybe "they" do, in fact, look all all alike to the...